Saturday, 17 December 2016

Facts

Solar Power in India:

* The installation capacity in India increased about 5 times from 941 MW in March 2012 to 5248 MW in January 2016.* In 2015-2016, the industry added over 3 GW of solar installed capacity, which was well above the target 1.4 GW for the year.

* In 2013-14, the tariff range was Rs. 5.50- Rs. 15.99 per kWh at both state and central levels.

* In 2014-15, the tariff range was Rs. 5.25- Rs. 7.56 per kWh.

* In 2015-16, the new low of Rs. 4.34 per kWh was achieved.

* Indian rooftop solar market, which has a total installed capacity of only 1,020 MW as of September 2016, or about 10% of total installed solar capacity in the country.